Morgann Runacre-Temple

Morgann Runacre-Temple Choreographer

Biography

Morgann Runacre-Temple trained at the Central School of Ballet and the London Contemporary Dance School. She was awarded the Dance East Rural Retreat Award for Future Dance Leaders during the 2016/2017 season.

The London-based choreographer now works across dance, theatre, film, and opera. Her works include Averno with Stuttgart Ballet, Hotel Birmingham at The Royal Ballet, Kingdom of Back with Northern Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Carmen, and Nutcracker with Ballet Ireland, Wolf at Graz Opera and Alberta Ballet, Coppélia and Tremble for Scottish Ballet, Give My Love to the Sunrise for English National Ballet, and Barbara for Ballet du Capitole.

As a choreographer for opera and theatre, Morgann Runacre-Temple has worked with directors such as Jaz Woodcock-Stewart (Civilisation), Sam Brown (The Barber of Seville at Welsh National Opera), and Jeff James (Persuasion at the Royal Exchange). She was also assistant choreographer to Annie B. Parsons for the musical Lazarus by Enda Walsh and David Bowie, directed by Ivo Van Hove.

Alongside Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple directed Scottish Ballet’s first feature film, The Secret Theatre, which won Best Dance Film at the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards in 2021. Their collective, Jess & Morgs, was nominated by the Critics’ Circle at the 2021 National Dance Awards for Outstanding Creative Contribution.

Their production of Coppélia for Scottish Ballet won Best Classical Choreography at the 2023 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards, the 2023 UK Theatre Awards for Achievement in Dance, and was nominated for Best Dance Production at the 2023 Sky Arts South Bank Awards.

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